Myanmar govt confirms abuse of Rohingya civilians after torture video emerges

COCONUTS YANGON

Rohingya Blogger
 02.01.2016 

The Myanmar State Counsellor Office has announced that action will be taken against several police officers who were caught on video rounding up and beating Rohingya men in Koe Tan Kauk Village in northern Rakhine State.

Village headman beaten and kidnapped in Maungdaw

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By Soe Thu Aung
31st December 2016

Scene in the Ngakhura village on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on December 21. Photo: EPA -

The State Counsellor Office issued a news release which says a 100-household head in Gwasone village, Maungdaw Township was beaten by six men armed with swords, tied up and then kidnapped.

Six attackers armed with sticks and swords beat the Muslim 100-household head Anna Muller from Gwasone village while he was visiting Gwasone Middle village for some work on December 29 in the evening. He was tied and taken away by his attackers to the Mayu mountain range, the news release says.